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# Public access
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GitLab allows you to change your projects' visibility in order be accessed
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**publicly** or **internally**.
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Projects with either of these visibility levels will be listed in the
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public access directory (`/public` under your GitLab instance).
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Here is the [GitLab.com example](https://gitlab.com/public).
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Internal projects will only be available to authenticated users.
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## Visibility of projects
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### Public projects
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Public projects can be cloned **without any** authentication.
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They will also be listed on the public access directory (`/public`).
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**Any logged in user** will have [Guest](../permissions/permissions)
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permissions on the repository.
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### Internal projects
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Internal projects can be cloned by any logged in user.
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They will also be listed on the public access directory (`/public`) for logged
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in users.
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Any logged in user will have [Guest](../permissions/permissions) permissions on
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the repository.
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### How to change project visibility
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1. Go to your project's **Settings**
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1. Change "Visibility Level" to either Public, Internal or Private
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## Visibility of users
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The public page of a user, located at `/u/username`, is always visible whether
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you are logged in or not.
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When visiting the public page of a user, you can only see the projects which
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you are privileged to.
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## Visibility of groups
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The public page of a group, located at `/groups/groupname`, is always visible
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to everyone.
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Logged out users will be able to see the description and the avatar of the
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group as well as all public projects belonging to that group.
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## Restricting the use of public or internal projects
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In the Admin area under **Settings** (`/admin/application_settings`), you can
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restrict the use of visibility levels for users when they create a project or a
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snippet. This is useful to prevent people exposing their repositories to public
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by accident. The restricted visibility settings do not apply to admin users.
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